Placket-closure.



PATEN TED SEPT. 17, 1907.

A. KASSB. PLAGKET CLO SURE APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1901.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I ABRAM KASSE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO SIMON MANHEIMER AND ONE-THIRD TO FREDERICK G. FIOKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PLACKET-CLOSURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM KASSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements inPlacket- Closures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for closing the plackets of skirts and has for its object to provide a closure which will be invisible, effective and which at the same time be comfortable and will not interfere with the sitting down of the wearer of the skirt.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claim. 1 5 Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a rear view of a skirt with my improve ment applied thereto and showing the placket closed; Fig. 2 is a similar view with the placket open; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view from the inside and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

A represents the skirt proper which is provided with the usual waist-band B and placket C. At one side of the placket the material of which the skirt is made, is

folded to produce a number of thicknesses as indicated at D and an extra piece of material E, which may be of double thickness, is secured thereto by means of stitches D. This extra piece of material E is provided with a row of eyelets F. At the other side of the placket the material is folded as indicated at A, A and A and a separate piece or flap G is secured thereto by means of stitches G which pass through. the said flap G and through the various thicknesses of the ma terial composing the skirt in such a manner as to leave the portion A free. Eyelets F pass through the flap G and through the portions A and- A but not through the portion A as is clearly indicated in Fig. 4. A single draw-string has its one end secured to the skirt at H and then passes through one of the eyelets F and then through one of the eyelets F and back again through an eyelet F until finally after passing through the last eyelet F it extends through an additional eyelet I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 16, 1907. Serial No. 368,574.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

.T is a tie string which has its one end attached to the skirt on the inside near the waist band at J and passes 4 5 through an eyelet J to theoutside. The skirt is also provided near the upper portion of the placket with a hook K and an eye K.

When the wearer desires to put on the skirt the placket is opened by simply pulling the material apart, 5 0 the draw string H running freely through the eyelets F and F to permit this. The skirt is then put on and the hook K hooked into the eye K after which the draw string is pulled and drawn taut thus drawing the material at each side of the placket together and closing the placket. The draw string H and the tie string J are then crossed as indicated in Fig. 1 and brought around to the front of the wearer and tied together. The flap G and the adjacent portions of the skirt thus cover the portions F and D of the skirt and the portion A covers the lacing so that a very neat appearance is the result and the placket closing device is entirely invisible. By having only one draw string the tendency to bind is overcome as the single string slips easily through the eyelets F and F to either open or close the placket. Further, the material at the placket is pliable and not stiffened in any way so that a sitting position may be taken without inconvenience or buckling of the material as is the case Where stiffening devices are used adjacent to the placket.

I claim:

A skirt provided with a placket and having folds at each side of the placket to form several thicknesses of material, a flap secured to the skirt at one edge of the placket and provided with eyelets extending through said flap, a series of eyelets extending through all but the outer thickness of material on the other side of the placket, a drawstring extending through both series of eyelets and having its lower end secured to the skirt, and atie string attached to the waistband near the placket and arranged to be tied with the free end of the draw string.

In testimony whereof I have hcreunto'signcd my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A. A. Looim, FREDERICK C. FICKER. 

